Patents by Inventor Kazunori Kurimoto

Kazunori Kurimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10782635
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes: a base layer made of a resin; and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, wherein the surface layer is an integral object of inorganic oxide and contains a black titanium compound dispersed in the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Teruo Sasaki, Akihiro Honya, Kazunori Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10670997
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body used in an electrophotographic image forming device includes: at least a substrate layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is formed by a cured product obtained by curing a coating liquid containing a curable compound, an inorganic filler, and a fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group, and the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 90° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Honya, Kazunori Kurimoto, Teruo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200081376
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body used in an electrophotographic image forming device includes: at least a substrate layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is formed by a cured product obtained by curing a coating liquid containing a curable compound, an inorganic filler, and a fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group, and the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 90° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro HONYA, Kazunori KURIMOTO, Teruo SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10455017
    Abstract: A portable terminal device transmits a read request specifying a specific address that is an address shared among a plurality of electric appliances and acquires fixed data from a fixed data storage unit disposed at a specific address of an electric appliance. The fixed data includes setting address information that indicates an address of a setting storage area in which is stored object data that is data to be transmitted to a server device. The portable terminal device acquires setting address information included in the fixed data, and by specifying a read address on the basis of the setting address information and issuing a read request with respect to a variable data storage unit, the portable terminal causes the electric appliance to transmit the object data as read data, acquires the object data from the transmitted read data, and transmits the object data to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kuroyama, Kazunori Kurimoto, Michihiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190086841
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body used for an electrophotographic image forming device, includes: at least a base layer; and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, and metal oxide fine particles, the monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer has an alkyl group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and the metal oxide fine particles are surface-modified with a reactive organic group having a structure represented by the following general formula (1). CH2?C(R)COO(CH2)nSi— General formula (1) [In the formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. n represents an integer of 3 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro Honya, Kazunori Kurimoto, Teruo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190086840
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate transfer body used for an electrophotographic image forming device, the intermediate transfer body including: at least a base layer, and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polyfunctional monomer and a monofunctional monomer having a long-chain alkyl group, and a solubility parameter (SP (M1)) of the polyfunctional monomer (M1) and a solubility parameter (SP (M2)) of the long-chain alkyl monofunctional monomer (M2) satisfy the following formulas (A) and (B): SP(M1)?SP(M2)<2.0(cal/cm3)1/2??Formula (A); and 8.0?SP(M2)?9.0(cal/cm3)1/2??Formula (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kazunori KURIMOTO, Akihiro HONYA, Teruo SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10234776
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor has a charge generating layer, a charge transporting layer, and an outermost surface layer laminated in this order on a conductive support, wherein the outermost surface layer contains composite structural particles obtained by coating inorganic particles with oxygen-deficient conductive tin oxide, and the composite structural particles have an L value of 80 to 95, and primary particles thereof have an average particle diameter of 35 to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Seisuke Maeda, Kazunori Kurimoto, Kazuhiro Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 10175591
    Abstract: In an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electric charge generating layer and an electric charge transport layer are laminated on a conductive support body in this order, a layer configuring an outermost surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains composite structure particles in which a core material is inorganic particles, and the inorganic particles are coated with tin oxide doped with aluminum, and an average particle diameter of primary particles of the composite structure particles is 50 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Seisuke Maeda, Kazunori Kurimoto, Kazuhiro Kuramochi
  • Publication number: 20180364621
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes: a base layer made of a resin; and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, wherein the surface layer is an integral object of inorganic oxide and contains a black titanium compound dispersed in the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Teruo Sasaki, Akihiro Honya, Kazunori Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20180364603
    Abstract: The intermediate transfer member of the present invention has a substrate layer made of a resin and a surface layer disposed on the substrate layer. The surface layer is an integrated matter made of a polymer of a polyfunctional monomer and contains a black titanium compound dispersed in the surface layer. A method for producing the same comprises irradiating a coating film of a coating containing a black titanium oxide and the monomer with a high energy light beam to polymerize the monomer to thereby fabricate the surface layer. The image forming apparatus of the present invention has the intermediate transfer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Teruo SASAKI, Akihiro HONYA, Kazunori KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180335707
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor has a charge generating layer, a charge transporting layer, and an outermost surface layer laminated in this order on a conductive support, wherein the outermost surface layer contains composite structural particles obtained by coating inorganic particles with oxygen-deficient conductive tin oxide, and the composite structural particles have an L value of 80 to 95, and primary particles thereof have an average particle diameter of 35 to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Seisuke MAEDA, Kazunori KURIMOTO, Kazuhiro KURAMOCHI
  • Patent number: 10101679
    Abstract: Provided is an electrographic photoconductor resistant to surface discharge and having good wear resistance. The electrographic photoconductor has a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, the photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport material. A layer forming the surface of the electrographic photoconductor contains a resin binder forming the layer and a layered carbide dispersed in the resin binder. The layer forming the surface has a light transmittance in the range of 20 to 98% at a wavelength of 350 to 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Seisuke Maeda, Kazunori Kurimoto, Kazuhiro Kuramochi
  • Publication number: 20180143545
    Abstract: In an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electric charge generating layer and an electric charge transport layer are laminated on a conductive support body in this order, a layer configuring an outermost surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains composite structure particles in which a core material is inorganic particles, and the inorganic particles are coated with tin oxide doped with aluminum, and an average particle diameter of primary particles of the composite structure particles is 50 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Seisuke MAEDA, Kazunori KURIMOTO, Kazuhiro KURAMOCHI
  • Patent number: 9969288
    Abstract: A power control system, a power control method, a power control device and a power control program supplies power to an electric device and charge an electric vehicle. A control device and method includes a receiver that receives charge information pertaining to the charging of the rechargeable battery prior to an arrival of the electric vehicle at a location where power is supplied to the electric vehicle, and a control determination unit that determines an operation start time of starting the operation of the electric device on the basis of the charge information received by the receiver. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores a control program that controls the charging of a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle and controls operation of the electric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Ikeda, Yasuo Yoshimura, Satoshi Tsujimura, Naofumi Nakatani, Kazunori Kurimoto, Tetsuya Kouda
  • Patent number: 9850613
    Abstract: A display control unit switches a display screen to a detergent name list screen based on detergent name list screen information received by a second communication unit, an operation unit accepts a selection of an arbitrary detergent name by a user from a plurality of detergent names displayed as a list on the detergent name list screen, the second communication unit transmits, to a server, detergent name specifying information for specifying the arbitrary detergent name accepted by the operation unit and washing machine specifying information and receives, from the server, detergent information related to a detergent specified based on the detergent name specifying information and the washing machine specifying information, and a first communication unit transmits the detergent information received by the second communication unit to a washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kamon, Kazunori Kurimoto, Kazuhiro Kuroyama, Yuko Omura
  • Patent number: 9742506
    Abstract: A state updating unit updates first information stored in a storage unit whenever the state of a control unit transitions from an idle state to an active state or from the active state to the idle state. A second power supply unit induces electric power from radio waves received by the antenna unit. An information acquiring unit operates after receiving the supply of electric power from the second power supply unit, acquires second information indicating whether electric power is supplied from the first power supply unit, acquires the first information from the storage unit, and transmits the acquired first and second information to the control device. A diagnosing unit diagnoses faults in the terminal device based on the first and second information transmitted from the information acquiring unit of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Masao Nonaka, Masaru Yamaoka, Kazunori Kurimoto, Kazuhiro Kuroyama, Michihiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9651930
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided with a communication unit which performs communication via wireless communication, a display unit, and a display control unit which controls the display unit to display a setting input screen for allowing the user to input setting of a household electrical device. The communication unit transmits a request signal for checking whether there is a person in the vicinity of the household electrical device before the setting input screen is displayed by the display control unit. The display control unit controls the display unit to display a setting input disable screen indicating that setting of the household electrical device is not received without causing the display unit to display the setting input screen when there is a person in the vicinity of the household electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naofumi Nakatani, Satoshi Tsujimura, Kazunori Kurimoto, Hiromi Toyota
  • Publication number: 20170131645
    Abstract: Provided is an electrographic photoconductor resistant to surface discharge and having good wear resistance. The electrographic photoconductor has a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, the photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport material. A layer forming the surface of the electrographic photoconductor contains a resin binder forming the layer and a layered carbide dispersed in the resin binder. The layer forming the surface has a light transmittance in the range of 20 to 98% at a wavelength of 350 to 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Seisuke MAEDA, Kazunori KURIMOTO, Kazuhiro KURAMOCHI
  • Patent number: 9639010
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive support, a photosensitive layer on the conductive support and a surface layer on the photosensitive layer. The surface layer includes a cured resin prepared by polymerization of a compound having two or more radically polymerizable functional groups per molecule, the cured resin containing an organic resin fine particle and a metal oxide fine particle, and the organic resin fine particle comprising a resin containing a structural unit derived from at least one of melamine and benzoguanamine, the organic resin fine particle having a number average primary particle size of 0.01 to 3.00 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hokuto Hatano, Kazunori Kurimoto, Seisuke Maeda, Hiroki Takao
  • Patent number: 9602170
    Abstract: An electrical instrument of the present invention includes: a main function section; a communication section that receives an aspect of a main function to be executed by the main function section from an external information terminal by near field communication; an input section for allowing a user to input an aspect of the main function to be executed by the main function section; a notification section for issuing a notice on information regarding the near field communication; a main function section control unit that controls the main function section based on the aspect of the main function, which is inputted to the input section, and based on the aspect of the main function, which is received by the communication section; a history recording unit that records a near field communication control history that is a history that the main function section control unit has controlled the main function section based on the aspect of the main function, which is received by the communication section; and a notific
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kamon, Kazunori Kurimoto, Yasuo Yoshimura